Automobile locking mechanism.



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C. L. MASKEY'. -AUTOMOBILB LOGKINGMMEGHANISM. APPLICATION FILED JA.17,1910

LQSL Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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C. L. MASKEY. AUTOMUBILE LCKING MECHAIS'. APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 17, 1910.

ile it known that L @Anm L. Rhei-:mg 1 Citizen of the iin'iteii Stute, :nul :i residen ot' (levelnnil, conn y ol (.uuilioju nu `Stute of Ohio, huw iii-vented :i new :nul uw- 'liui ilnpi'm'enient in Autolnohile limiting Melmnixln. of whiih the foiloningz i:-' :i speeifie'zition, the piineiple ot the invention heiner herein explained` unil t1 e hef-:t in which l have eoiitoinphlteii npplyi pi'ineiple, so ne lo iiistinguieh it ili'o n other inventions.

.Bly invention relates 'to loi-king (ievites for automobiles.

The thelt o't' :nitinnohiles` which have been :illim-wl to stzn'nl unattended in publie thor oug'hlnies :intl eletewhei'e lieeoine so com mon that' it presents it gr-five pl'ohieni to automobile owners. und even if rthe unto inohiie is not Aiolen it ,is tiieqnentiy (leningen hy interinefhlling with the operating :nootmnisni hy :sonne ini'nfithoiizaeil pei-Son.

'The present, invention etl'eetiniliy .f-ioivest. this problem hy positively locking the nio.- i-hine against ino\.'en'ient :intl at the mme time lneuli'ing the eleetrio vii-enit which controis the ignition ot {uel in the eylinde Fui'tiieinioie, the' invention pi'tn'ilieizi )Moxie e that i eznt'egjuui'il :igninSttln-i liability o't the npelziloi himself stan'tnm' the engine when in' tonsinissii'in gearing ie4 eonnieleii, o? ln'iilies zn'e not The nevel-ui advantage@ oi? my iinpi'oveil tleiiee will appeal' 't1-oni n iietziiieil (iegei' tion.

'.lio ihe noeoznplifihnient ot th ee und ieintetf; ends Seit! invention. then, eonsists of my ileviee; Fig. 3 ,is n broken elevotion taken' utf right :inglos to Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is; n. View sinnlnito thntl'in Wg.; 3 showingin'aridiL lion the nire-uit lneukin attachment unil 'a in New l repre Yln insulti with the nuol :sgr i5 nennilt :itl in .num

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e o n1 t i' mi' Appell sse-gni wie foi n h Slot e :unl the rofl carried therein being ioentecl in the' gem shitting ievei' above the Speed. Segment.. A. soc-liet, 3) is ioin'ietl in the .speed Segment "l, :nul the socket Zi iS designed to regie-ter 'with the slot o when the ge-mt ehi'tting leve in its` nent nl position, or if the device is at- 'cached to the emergency brake iever, when the latter is in set` position. yioinmlly the rod D will be in its upper position and is so heid "by a spring-pressed pv'jeetion o* miied oy the lever C which e AHtiges :i recess Z5 in the rod D, the rod D thus in eti'eet forming the handle part of a two-part n shifting ieiei.

iis posit-ion, it is obvious that thegear s iifting lever l is free to -roek upon Shaft o3 en that the geais muy be shifted :is desired; itllfien., however, 'the .operator desires to leave `While the rod is inl "ich machine, and preparatory thereto hns the gear shitting lever in neutral position, :i blow with the hond upon the top oi? rod l) will drive 'the lower end tlioreoi into the socket l) in the speed so that further inoveni i' in'igossihle. llllien the d l suitable holt of carried oy t: `f

"i torvfsrdly hy s of in the rod and i f lly looked in suoli holt heli ,f ret'urrmhle to il" o, Y no. ion, respectively, on oi the niaehnio is nur oeeo rused. ln tig. lustrnted 1n ousted Within the, demol 1 N conne-o on the ieed 4. fire, the electric circuit While eisitrols L on of the fuel `l "tlv eoiotset lil extends out slot the

prei the-it or ooo Figs'. i ai o illustrate s :modification of the device which has been desoriied shove, the niodiiostion being that the s eed seg-- nient B is :formed with socket o on its under side instead of a, socket Z) on its upper side, i. e the rod torined stt its lower end with upf; ned hook. CZ. lt is obvious, then, thnt hy raming the rod lf3' in this forni, the suine result s obtained which vos reached in the forni hy depressing the rod. Fig'. 7 illustrates this forni in oonneotion with e; circuit breaker, in which the positions ot the sentiste E und l ure re' versed troni the relative 'positions shown yin Fig. il, so tl'xat 'when the rod l is pulled un vmrdly it mises the Contact and breaks the eireuiin t und El reinesent u. still further "fion ol the "e'viee es first deserihel, ro consisting in oon Vng lever C as e oney attached teerd h s, ring;l e f ix d in this torrn does in the tiret torni, tivo :torres being; that sur shifting lever is r, one port ot which en, j the looking lluder considers-- t i one piece and u' sensrate looking rod.

in the form me really u tivo-part muy he door@ '..i socket.J While has attached to it ineens i The operation and advantages of the device in its various forms are obviously pointed out in the detailed description which has heen given.

Supposing my improved looking mechenisi'n to 'he attached to the geur shifting lever, and supposing the driver to have pulled 'he lov r into neutral positions() that the renstiisfon gearing is not'eonneeted with is, depression of the rod carried hy "he lever in one. forni, or elevation oit such ie other form, securely loclis the le` against movement troni such neutral lt, in addition, the oireuit breek flee he oonstruetedin the speed segni, such depression or elevation of the rod 'when it looks the lever against further nl erneut, simultaneously breaks the ignition oirouit so that the engine is inoperative eqimlly with the transmission gearing. *il/'hen the rod is so depressedor raised, in the alternative forros, it is held in such looling position by the spring loch so that the er muy leave the oer `with absolute ese that no interineddler may steel it or if loy tempering with the operating Y Villen the driver himself msin to stort the oer, it is vabsolutely for him to inadvertently start While the transmission gearing .may he, and then raise or depress it This operation maires the ignition circuit complete and he may start the engine, but in performing this operation his mind is ce1 tered upon theposition of the gear shifting lever, and it will obviously, therefore, ref moin in neutral position until he is quite prepared to start his our. y

It is finally again to be noted that the deviee may lie attached equally Well to the emergency brake lever so that the driver when leaving his Car may lock such lever in sot position, and :it the seme time breek the ignition circuit.1 Before he starts his oar he must raise the looking rod to complete the ignition ciro/uit, but in doing so he is assured that his emergency brakes are set and he, is minded to so lesive them until he is entirely ready to actually start the csr. Therefore in the following claims the term operating lover includes hoth brake lever and the terni gear shitting lever.

Furthermore, it will he understood that it device is installed on the brake lever the utter will be looked in set position, While 1i`^ installed upon the gear shifting lever the letter/Will he locked in neutral position. ln order to comprehend these two alternatives in the claims I have employed therein the term inoperative position so that in the claims the reference to mi operating lever being in finogoerutive position in cludes either' the brake lever being in set position, or the gear shifting lever being in neutral position.

I claim- 1 l. In mechanism of the class described the combination with an operating lever, a rod slidably attached to Plaid lever, a guide segment thereior, said segment having a slot and saidrod being adapted to enter such slotwhen said lever is in inoperative position; of an electric circuit and two contacts adapted tonclose said circuit and carried on saidsegment,l said circuit being normally closedgand one of said contacts extending into 'sstflh slot whereby said circuit is broken upo'tlie entrance'of said rod into such slot- 2. In mechanism of the class described, the combination with an operating lever, a rod slidably attached to said lever, a guide segment for said lever, said segment having a slot and said rod being adapted to enter such slot when said lever is in inoperative position; of an electric circuit; and two contacts, adapted to close said circuit, and carried on said segment, said circuit being normally closed, and one'of said contacts eX- tending into such slot in the path of said rod, and being movable away from the fixed contact upon the entrance of said rod into said slot, whereby the circuit is broken.

3. ln mechanism of the class described the combination with an operating lever, a rod slidably attached to said lever, a guide segment for said lever, said segment having a slot and said rod being adapted to enter such slot when said lever is in inoperative position; of an electric circuit; and two contacts, adapted to close said circuit, and carried on said segment, said circuit being normally closed, and one of said contacts eX tending into such slot in the path of said rod, and being movable in said slot away from the fixed Contact, upon being actuated by the engagement of said rod with said slot. t

Signed by'me this'27th day of December,

CARLE L. MASKEY.

Attested D. T. DAVins,

J No. F. OBERLIN. 

